/Agreed. I could see DA getting some minutes to rest T-Mac, but thats about it. Only thing to remember is someone gets cut when these ppl come back. So that will open up a spot for someone to play. I'm hoping its moochie, but odds are its JL3.
The 8th seed (Utah) is sub 500 right now. We are 5 games behind them. We have half a season to make up that ground. Look at the rankings: Utah is hot and cold, Lakers are barely over 500 with Kobe playing out of his mind, Clips are falling steadily, Minnesota is falling, New Orleans/OKC is a great story, but are they really a playoff threat?, Golden State is falling because they live and (mostly) die by the 3, Sacramento will either be our big competition for the playoff fight or will explode as Bonzi and Tru kill each other. Mostly, though, my point was it is too early to say we must win a certain number of games. We must get healthy and we must play better than the teams I mentioned. Further, those teams I mentioned are all fairly weak. We are not when healthy. I would bet on us (if reasonably healthy) making up 5 games on Utah over anyone else winning at that much of a higher clip. We don't need 45 wins, we just need to end up higher than 7 teams.
I don't like to look at things as a team having to go "30-11" or win at a 75% clip because anything can happen. If the Rockets win their next 4 games and the 8 seed loses their next 4 the Rockets could be 2 or 3 games out of the last playoff spot. ANYTHING can happen over a 2 week span let alone an entire season.
